The Berlin-Baghdad Express

The modern Middle East was forged in the crucible of the First World War, but few know the full story of how war actually came to the region. As Sean McMeekin reveals in this startling reinterpretation of the war, it was neither the British nor the French but rather a small clique of Germans and Turks who thrust the Islamic world into the conflict for their own political, economic, and military ends.

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ביקורת משתמש - aadyer - LibraryThing

A well informed, if somewhat dry, look at Pan Islamism directives by the Kaisers government in the First World War. This does have some elements of trying to illustrate the lives of Germany's ...קרא סקירה מלאה

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ביקורת משתמש - Steve38 - LibraryThing

A history of German involvement in the Middle East in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire. Allegedly built on the story of the building of the rail line from Europe through Turkey into the heart of ...קרא סקירה מלאה